Infoservis - MOSR
MOD issues public notice
This is an advance notification by the MOD of the upcoming military convoys due to cross the territory of Slovakia in February 2017. Movements of Slovak and Allied forces will take place for the purposes of international exercises, conferences,…
Amendment Act heading to GOV
Having passed through the interdepartmental review process, the Voluntary Military Training (VMT) Amendment Act 2017 was debated by the Legislative Council of the SVK Government. Subsequently, the Council has made a recommendation to the SVK GO…
Training Year 2016 results assessed and 2017 priorities discussed by SVK Armed Forces
Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Gen Milan Maxim has delivered – in the presence of SVK President Andrej Kiska and Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš – an assessment of the Training Year (TY) 2016 results and informed of the 201…
Female skiers score again
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová, of the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB), won an excellent second place in parallel slalom at the Alpine World Cup in Sweden's Stockholm. In the finals, she lost the race with skier Mikaela Shiffrin…
Polish military decoration
SVK Armed Forces officers Col Rudolf Pástor and Maj Igor Červeň have received campaign medals, awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland, HE Mr Andrzej Duda, for their excellent accomplishment of tasks while serving alongside the Polis…
MOD to support projects
The SVK MOD is to support projects by non-profit organisations with 100,000 euros. Based in Slovakia, civic associations, foundations, interest associations of legal entities, non-investment funds and non-profit organisations offering generally be…
Dukla's best sportspeople
The Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB) has awarded the best 2016 sportspeople in Defence, adding more names to the MSC DBB's Hall of Fame. SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš came to the awards ceremony to congratulate the …
Order of the Legion of Honour (not only) for Gen Milan Maxim
Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Gen Milan Maxim received the highest French state decoration – L'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) –at the French Ambassador's residence. On behalf …
Scar named Hejce
The victims of the largest air disaster in the history of the independent Slovak Republic – of the Antonov AN-24 military aircraft crash near the Hungarian village of Hejce –, were paid tribute during a remembrance ceremony attended by represen…
Slovak-Hungarian commission
A combined Slovak-Hungarian commission, chaired by the State Secretaries of both MODs, convened in Bratislava to debate security and political issues and affairs of current relevance relating to a wide spectrum of SVK-HUN defence engagement. To…
Military pilots training to continue at the Technical University in Košice
The M. R. Štefánik Armed Forces Academy (AFA) will continue to cooperate with the Aviation Faculty at the Technical University in Košice in the academic year 2017-2018. For those interested, i.e. prospective professional soldiers, Bachelor of S…
Minister hands over vehicles
In Nemšová, SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš has handed over 29 new vehicles to service personnel for use. The motor pool of the Armed Forces has grown to incorporate 12 Aktis and 17 Tatra trucks. These are currently being phased in a bid t…
"Full Field Kit" is back
The once popular ʻFull Field Kitʼ radio programme is coming back after a 6-year break, having made it into the radio broadcasting programmes portfolio. Already launched with its first broadcast on 13 January, from 21:05 to 21:35 local time list…
Deployment of troops approved
The Security Council and Government of the Slovak Republic have approved the deployment of up to 152 service personnel for the training mission in the Republic of Latvia in the second quarter of 2017. This is a commitment the Slovak Republic ma…
MOD managed the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU at a high standard
Over the course of the 6-month Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the SVK Ministry of Defence played a responsible role in bringing important tasks to completion. The MOD organised the Informal Meeting of European Union Min…
Velez-Zuzulová and Vlhová dominate slalom at Zagreb
The skiers of the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica Veronika Velez-Zuzulová and Petra Vlhová achieved fantastic success in the women's slalom race at the Alpine Skiing World Cup, which took place on 3 January in Croatia's Zagreb. Ver…
Republic Day
Service personnel and MOD civilian employees came together for a ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the establishment of the Slovak Republic and its Armed Forces. Speaking on this occasion the head of the MOD, Peter Gajdoš announce…
New Year greeted with gun salutes
To mark the 24th anniversary of the establishment of the Slovak Republic and its Armed Forces, soldiers from the Rocket Launcher Detachment Rožňava fired, in the presence of Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and 1st Deputy Chief of the General S…
New deal for voluntary soldiers
Under the latest arrangements, voluntary soldiers will conduct exercises in better conditions in 2017. The Ministry of Defence has already submitted a Draft Bill on Voluntary Military Training (VMT) for an interdepartmental review process. The …
Deploying to Afghanistan
14 members of the Deployable Communication Module - Charlie (DCM-C) will take off for Afghanistan where they will link up with the Resolute Support Mission (RSM). SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and 2nd Deputy Chief of the General Staff Ma…
